单选题 The policemen in a big city were looking for a thief. At last they (41) him. They took (42) of him—from the front, from the left, from the right, with a hat, (43) a hat. Just after they took the last one, the thief attacked the policemen and ran (44) . They tried to catch him, but failed.
A week (45) the telephone rang in the police station, and somebody said, "You are looking for Bill Cross, aren't you?"
"Yes, where is he?" "Well, he left here (46) Waterbridge an hour ago."
Waterbridge was a small town about 100 miles from the city. The city police (47) sent four (48) photos of the thief to the police in Waterbridge.
Less than twelve hours later they (49) a telephone call from the police station in Waterbridge. "We have caught three of your men," they said happily, "And we will catch the (50) this evening, we think./

【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[详细解答] 根据题意，此句意为抓住了小偷，因此选择A。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[详细解答] 根据题意，此句意为给小偷照相，因此选B。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[详细解答] 根据题意，此处应与“with a hat戴帽”对应，应为“脱帽”，故选B。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[详细解答] 此处考查固定搭配，run off意为“逃跑”，run out意为“跑出，逐出”，没有run of这个搭配。根据题意，此处选A。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[详细解答] 根据题意，此句表示的事件的时间应为前面事件时间之后，故选B。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[详细解答] 此处考查固定搭配，leave for意为“离开某处去另一地”。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[详细解答] 根据题意，此句意为警察立即把四张小偷的照片送到Waterbridge镇的警察那里。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[详细解答] 根据上文可知，警察总共为小偷照了四张不同的照片，因此选择C。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[详细解答] 根据全文可知，这个电话应为来自 Water bridge镇的，因此选择A。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[详细解答] 根据上文可知，Waterbridge镇的警察以为四张照片代表不同的四个小偷，现在已经抓住了其中三个，因此此处意为“第四个小偷”。